Hi Alison, Christophe, et al.,
I agree that this name follows existing patterns.
It would be good to add a comment similar to the one we added for atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone (although we don't currently have the corresponding layer version of equivalent_thickness_at_stp_of_atmosphere_ozone_content, so the wording will need to be tweaked):
"N.B. Data variables containing column content of ozone can be given the standard name of either equivalent_thickness_at_stp_of_atmosphere_ozone_content or atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone.The latter name is recommended for consistency with mole content names for chemical species other than ozone."
Although this shouldn't affect the current proposal, I note for the record that it seems strange that for the Integral of the whole atmosphere our pattern is:
atmosphere_X_content
But for a partial integral we put 'atmosphere' after X:
X_content_of_atmosphere_layer
Best wishes,
Philip
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> alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
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> Cc: peet at knmi.nl
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] standard name for ozone partial column in
> atmosphere layer
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> Dear Christophe,
>
> Thank you for proposing this name. I think
> mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer is the correct name and it is
> consistent with existing names such as
> mass_content_of_water_in_atmosphere_layer. The canonical units would be
> mol m-2 as for the total column name. Regarding your suggested definition, I
> think we could delete the third sentence:
> "mole_content_of_X_in_atmosphere_layer" means the vertically integrated
> number of moles of X above a unit area" as it is essentially repeating the
> information contained in the previous two sentences, but otherwise it looks
> fine.
>
> Best wishes,
> Alison
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf
> > Of Christophe Lerot
> > Sent: 22 January 2013 09:35
> > To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> > Cc: Jacob van Peet
> > Subject: [CF-metadata] standard name for ozone partial column in
> > atmosphere layer
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Similarly to what has been done for total ozone columns, some
> > colleagues of mine would need a standard name for ozone partial
> > columns in defined layers of the atmosphere.
> >
> > Therefore, I'd like to propose such a standard name based on the one
> > corresponding to total ozone
> >
> > "mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer":
> > "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The
> > "content_of_X_in_atmosphere_layer" refers to the vertical integral
> > between two specified levels in the atmosphere.
> > "mole_content_of_X_in_atmosphere_layer" means the vertically
> > integrated number of moles of X above a unit area. "Layer" means any
> > layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in
> > some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable
> > indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers,
> > the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is
> > recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary
> > coordinate variable) as well. For the mole content integrated from the
> > surface to the top of the atmosphere, standard names including
> "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X"
> > are
> > used. The chemical formula for ozone is O3.
> > "mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer" is usually measured in
> > Dobson Units which are equivalent to 446.2 micromoles m-2.
> >
> > Thank you for considering this.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Christophe
> >
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